Film 2011
The Lead
Loyalty and conscience in Stalin’s final years
- Country collection
- Uzbekistan
- Original title
- Qo‘rg‘oshin
- Director
- Zulfiqor Musoqov
- Running time
- 90 min
- Year
- 2011
Editorial profile. Availability on LAREINE TV has not been confirmed.
Story, without spoilers
Former comrades reconnect in Tashkent during the winter of 1952 and 1953. An engineer’s appointment to the security apparatus forces him to weigh political loyalty against family and conscience.
Context & recognition
Zulfiqor Musoqov’s 2011 Uzbekfilm drama looks back at Stalinist repression. Its original Uzbek title, Qo‘rg‘oshin, refers to the metal lead.